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Sir Henry John Newbolt
1862–1938
Remembered for stirring poems of duty, courage, and the sea, this late Victorian writer helped shape the popular image of English patriotism. He also wrote fiction and history, giving his work a reach far beyond a single famous poem.
4 Audiobooks
Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War
by John Buchan, Sir Henry John Newbolt
Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt
by Sir Henry John Newbolt
Poems: New and Old
by Sir Henry John Newbolt
Submarine and Anti-submarine
by Sir Henry John Newbolt
About the author
Born in Bilston, Staffordshire, on June 6, 1862, he was educated at Clifton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He trained as a lawyer and was called to the bar, but literature gradually became the center of his career.
He became widely known as a poet, novelist, and historian, and is still most closely associated with patriotic verse such as Vitai Lampada and the sea-ballad collection Admirals All. His writing was energetic, memorable, and deeply tied to the ideals of service, discipline, and national life that many readers of his time admired.
Beyond poetry, he also worked in public life as an adviser on education and the study of English. Knighted for his contributions, he remained an influential literary figure until his death in London on April 19, 1938.